SMITH v. WALLER

No. 16856.

422 S.W.2d 189 (1967)

Timmie Gayle SMITH et vir, Appellants, v. John P. WALLER et ux., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byrom, Wright, Butcher & Prager, and Don Prager, Fort Worth, for appellants.

Chambers & Hight, and John H. Chambers, Arlington, for appellees.


OPINION

LANGDON, Justice.

This is an adoption proceeding. Timmie Gayle Ellison and Milton Edward Ellison were formerly husband and wife. Two children were born of their marriage, which was dissolved by divorce on March 10, 1960. In its judgment the court awarded the custody and control of Debra Gayle Ellison, a girl 3½ years of age (in 1960), to the mother (with visitation privileges to the father), and the custody and control of Miltonette Arlene Ellison...

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